# The M5 Junction 10 Development Consent Order 2025, Article 3: Disapplication of legislative provisions

Extent: E+W

The following provisions do not apply in relation to the construction of any work or the carrying out of any operation required for the purpose of, or in connection with, the construction of the authorised development and, within any maintenance period defined in article 32(12) (temporary use of land for maintaining the authorised development), any maintenance of any part of the authorised development–
(a) section 23 (prohibition on obstructions etc. in watercourses) of the Land Drainage Act 1991;
(b) section 80 (notice to local authority of intended demolition) of the Building Act 1984; and
(c) in so far as they relate to the temporary possession of land, the provisions of the Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017.
(2) Regulation 6 (permitted work) of the Hedgerow Regulations 1997 is modified so as to read for the purposes of this Order only as if there were inserted after paragraph (1)(j) the following—
or
(k) for carrying out development which has been authorised by an order granting development consent pursuant to the Planning Act 2008.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/795/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/m5-junction-10-development-consent-order-2025/article-3/enacted
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